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"Jane Gardam's beautiful, vivid and defiantly funny novel is a must." — The Times
"Gardam's superb new novel is surely her masterpiece ... one of the most moving fictions I have read in years ... This is the rare novel that drives its readers forward while persistently waylaying and...
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- Sir Edward Feathers: At first we perceive Sir Edward to be a character of few dimensions, mired in tradition. As the story develops, we enjoy getting to know Sir Edward on many intimate levels.
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- Raj Orphans: Young children who were sent by their parents from the warm colonies of the British Empire back to the chilly mother country to be brought up by relatives, or even strangers.
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This is book 1 of 3 in Old Filth Trilogy. (standard series)
Followed by The Man in the Wooden Hat.
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- Jane Gardam (Author)
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Publication Date: 2004
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- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 2005)
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- Dewey: 823.914
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